Abstract: A guide shoe (16) for a climbing system for use in the building sector comprises at least one guide jaw (86) which can be displaced in the horizontal direction and can be pivoted about a horizontal axis. A climbing system comprises: at least one such guide shoe; at least one scaffold unit which can be guided and/or suspended in at least one guide (16) on a structure; and at least one lifting drive which can be releasably fitted directly on discrete mounts (20) on the structure and which can be switched between a first operating mode in which the scaffold unit can be raised and a second operating mode in which the lifting drive can be raised.